[ad_1] A two-day undercover sting in Mandeville led to the arrests of five men accused of trying to meet children for sex—only to discover the “children” were undercover officers with a Northshore task force cracking down on online predators.Each suspect allegedly initiated contact with what they believed were minors online and attempted to arrange in-person...Read More

[ad_1] The hacker behind a ransomware attack on the city of Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to multiple hacking charges.  Iranian national Sina Gholinejad, 37, admitted to using the Robbinhood ransomware variant to extort ransom payments from dozens of victims that included municipalities in New York and Oregon. Gholinejad was also behind a ransomware attack...Read More

[ad_1] AVCheck, a large-scale service that cybercriminals use to check if their malware can be detected by various antivirus tools, was seized and taken offline Tuesday by a globally coordinated law enforcement action. Officials on Thursday said they seized four domains and a server associated with the online software crypting syndicate. The site for the...Read More

[ad_1] The Trump administration is proposing to cut more than 1,000 positions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Under the 2026 budget request, CISA would go from approximately 3,732 funded positions today to 2,649 positions next year. The staff reductions are detailed in CISA’s fiscal 2026 budget justification, posted today. They present the most...Read More

[ad_1] 4.8 months: the average amount of time it takes schools and colleges to report a data breach following a ransomware attack. Here’s why. Those five months are the longest time to report across four major sectors—business, education, government, and healthcare, according to a recent analysis from Comparitech, a cybersecurity firm. According to the research, educational...Read More

[ad_1] BALTIMORE — An Iranian national pleaded guilty to participating in an international ransomware scheme targeting multiple cities, including Baltimore. According to court documents, 37-year-old Sina Gholinejad and his co-conspirators compromised the computer networks of cities, corporations and health care organizations with Robbinhood to extort ransom payments. Baltimore lost more than $19 million from damage...Read More

[ad_1] On Tuesday, May 27, an Iranian national pled guilty to participating in an international ransomware and extortion scheme that affected U.S. cities including the City of Greenville that began in January 2019. According to the Department of Justice, Sina Gholinejad, 37, pled guilty to one count of computer fraud and abuse and one count...Read More

[ad_1] The US Senate passed major online child safety reforms in a vote on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uncertain fate in the House of Representatives. Two bills – the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, nicknamed Coppa 2.0 and Kosa – would need to pass in...Read More

[ad_1] Updated DragonForce ransomware infected a managed service provider, and its customers, after attackers exploited security flaws in remote monitoring and management tool SimpleHelp. In addition to deploying DragonForce ransomware across “multiple” endpoints, the criminals also stole sensitive data and used double-extortion tactics to pressure victims into paying the ransom, according to security shop Sophos....Read More

[ad_1] OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) – On Friday, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education allocated Fiscal Year 2026 state appropriations. Highlighted as a targeted allocation of funds for Cameron University are a STEM education facility and a cybersecurity plan. The State Regents cited the importance of investing in high-demand programs within STEM and healthcare, along...Read More